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Heartbreaker by Tania Carver

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5 September, 2015

Feast your eyes on Heartbreaker, the latest addition to the DI Phil Brennan and Marina Esposito stable. Tania Carver books are like children’s birthdays. They came around once a year and are eagerly awaited. So are you ready for another mega helping of jelly and…

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The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny

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23 August, 2015

It’s billed as a Chief Inspector Gamache mystery, but these days Armande Gamache has left the Surete du Quebec behind and retired to the peaceful community of Three Pines, north of the Vermont border in the Eastern Townships, with long-suffering wife Reine-Marie. They’re trying to…

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Close Your Eyes by Michael Robotham

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21 August, 2015

It’s been two long years since clinical psychologist Joe O’Loughlin last hit our bookshelves in Watching You. He is staying away from crime work these days, concentrating on private clients as he fights a battle with Parkinson’s disease that he is destined to lose one day….

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Splinter the Silence by Val McDermid

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20 August, 2015

Trust the high-priestess of crime writing to take a headline-grabbing phenomenon and turn it to her nefarious advantage. Not long ago, the only trolls anyone talked about were in Tolkien books or fairytales. But we live in the 21st century, the internet is king and…

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Black Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin

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13 August, 2015

The Black Eyed Susans of the title are an attractive daisy-like flower and the cover as a whole is eye-catching, innocuous enough. There’s no sign of violence; this red haired girl could just be sleeping…. Lulled into a false sense of security, we begin with a…

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Blood Salt Water by Denise Mina

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30 July, 2015

Alongside Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, the award-winning Denise Mina is one of the authorial voices who has helped shape Tartan noir over the last decade or so. A new book by her is always a cause for celebration and, unlike some crime series, her…

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Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs

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23 July, 2015

Maybe it’s a sweeping generalisation, but women in crime novels tend to fall into two camps… They are cast as the victim, who may or not fight back and, more often than not, end up on the mortuary slab. Or, as the driven career girl…

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Life or Death by Michael Robotham

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20 July, 2015

Avid readers will relate to what I’m about to say: Sometimes, life just gets in the way. I mean, why waste time working, eating or sleeping when you’re in the thrall of a gripping book like Life or Death? Because believe me, this book snags…

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Heartbreaker by Tania Carver

The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny

Close Your Eyes by Michael Robotham

Black Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin

Blood Salt Water by Denise Mina

Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs

Life or Death by Michael Robotham

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